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Tag Archives: Jeremy White
Getting the band back together: Pappano leads The Royal Opera’s return to action
The Royal Opera: Live in Concert Royal Opera House, 5th September 2020 It’s déja vu all over again! The last work staged at the Royal Opera House before lockdown was La traviata, so it was somehow fitting that this Live … Continue reading
Aleksandra Kurzak impresses in latest Covent Garden Traviata revival
Verdi: La traviata Royal Opera, 14th March 2020 Despite Violetta’s fragile health, Covent Garden Traviatas are made of sturdy stuff. Luchino Visconti’s 1967 production lasted nearly thirty years and Richard Eyre’s successor clocked up its 25th anniversary just before Christmas. … Continue reading
Roberto Alagna brings up his century at The Royal Opera in Andrea Chénier revival
Giordano: Andrea Chénier Royal Opera, 20th May 2019 In cricketing terms, Roberto Alagna would be raising his bat triumphantly towards the Covent Garden pavilion. This opening night of Andrea Chénier chalked up the French-Sicilian tenor’s century, his hundredth performance with … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Clarke, Aled Hall, Andrea Chénier, Carlo Bosi, Christine Rice, Daniel Oren, David McVicar, David Stout, Dimitri Platanias, Eddie Wade, Elena Zilio, Germán E Alcántara, Giordano, Jenny Tiramani, Jeremy White, John Cunningham, Robert Jones, Roberto Alagna, Rosalind Plowright, Royal Opera, Sondra Radvanovsky, Stephen Gadd
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Herheim’s lavish Vêpres siciliennes returns to Covent Garden in triumphant style
Verdi: Les Vêpres siciliennes **** The Royal Opera, 12th October 2017 A mural depicting Etna erupting is the only hint of Sicily in Stefan Herheim’s opulent staging of Les Vêpres siciliennes, returning to Covent Garden for the first time since the Verdi … Continue reading
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Tagged André de Jong, Bryan Hymel, Erwin Schrott, Gesine Völlm, Jeremy White, Jihoon Kim, Les Vêpres siciliennes, Malin Byström, Maurizio Benini, Michael Volle, Michelle Daly, Neal Cooper, Nico Darmanin, Philipp Fürhofer, Royal Opera, Samuel Sakker, Simon Shibambu, Stefan Herheim, Verdi
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Ekaterina Bakanova a touchingly fragile Violetta in Covent Garden Traviata
Verdi: La traviata *** The Royal Opera, 14th June 2017 Kasper Holten was right. The affable former Director of Opera always defended yet another run of Verdi’s La traviata at Covent Garden by arguing that for every regular operagoer jaded by seeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Simkin, Atalla Ayan, Ekaterina Bakanova, Gyula Nagy, Jeremy White, La traviata, Maurizio Benini, Richard Eyre, Royal Opera, Samuel Sakker, Sarah Pring, Verdi
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